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an accessary before the fact to murder, and liable, upon .conviction, to the same punishment as the prin cipal. His Lordship has, however, thrown off the correction. - with Evans altogether in this matter ; but has he declared that he will recal the Royal Marines from a service into which it is now clear that Brie tish subjects cannot enter without becoming demo ralised ? No ;he has not said he will do any such thing. Has he said that he will have General Evans called to account for the disgraceful use which he has made of the name of the King of England, in dragging the revered name of a Monarch distinguished for his clemency, in.o his bloody degree, as an autho rity for putting his Majesty's subjects to death ? No. Lord Palmerston has been content with clearing him-1 self of any share in the criminal responsibility of the measure ; but, as a British Minister—as one in whose hands, was placed the honour of the country, he ought to have done much more, that the insulted civilisation of England might be vindicated, and that Government itself might stand clear, not merely of the legal, but the moral guilt of the transaction. To allow the Royal Marines to continue to " co-operate" with the British auxiliary legion after that, does seem very like a practical approval' of the conduct and proclamation of General Evans. Professing peace, will Ministers sanction more than the barbarities of ' war ? they persist in exposi ng an y p or ti on o f th e Ki ng ' s troops to the contaminating influence of cruelties which civilised nations have abjured and which savages only have been accustomed to practice.—Morning :Herald. An article in the Times of yesterday affects an air of great exultation at the result of the division on the appropriation principle, and does not hesitate to pro claim the downfal of the Ministry as a necessary se quence of the decreased majority, which is vauntingly referred to as an evidence of the question losing ground in public opinion. We arc ever ready to do justice even to an opponent ; and therefore believe the an ticipation of a change of Ministry to have originated from mere illusion, and the assumption of a change of public sentiment to have arisen from sheer impos ture ; and thuS that the writer infused one part of folly, and three parts of knavery, into the delete rious compound with which he drugged his reader e . Nothing can be more absurd than the expectation that a change of Ministry would stop the "roeress of e Reform. On the contrary, it would increa se its impetus. The present Government have gained'ey their unswerv ing loyalty to the interests of tiee people such a firm hold on the confidence of th .e country, that a smaller concession of popular r'.ghts would be accepted from them than from any party whatever which might su persede them. Were the T or i es i n o ffi ce to - morrow, if their access*son would not cause a convulsion in the country, they could not retain the reins for a fortnight, unless, as in the case of the Catholic Emancipation Act, by bringing forward measures even more liberal - than those which they previously opposed. If the people do not now exhibit any violent demonstration of feeling—to what is their forbearance to be attributed? l'o what but their confidence in the present Adminis tration, and the hope that the benefits - resulting from Reform, now proved by the unprecedented prosperity of the country, will be still increased by the same agency to which we are indebted for our pre sent flourishing condition ? The repose of the country is not the symptom of indifference, but of hope. But let the Tories attempt another usurpation, and how quickly would the scene be changed ! This would, undoubtedly, be the most certain, though, per haps, not most desirable, means of rousing the people into that activity which is essential to the speedy and effectual completion of those reforms, without which it, is impossible that the state can maintain its posi tion either at home or abroad. How absurd the an ticipation, that a change of Ministry will effect a change of popular opinion in respect to measures based on immutable .principles of justice, and which need only to be understood to command the support of a whole nation ! No, the progress of reform cannot be checked while the people stand true to themselves. Ministers may be changed, and parties and men may change their position in the ranks, but the onward movement must be the same, because there is a voice from behind which cries " forward"--a voice which defies disobedience, being the united expression of' a people's will. The supposition that the decrease of the majority from 39 to 26 on the appropriation prin ciple, is a proof of a'change of opinion, is most falla cious. Several of the Liberal Members who voted on the previous occasion were absent from illness and other causes, amongst which, we may perhaps mention the conviction that this, like several other measures of amelioration, cannot be effected until the House of Lords be reformed, and therefore it would be waste of time, under existing circumstances, to attend farther to the discuskion or division upon it. If a change of opinion have taken place, it must be shown by the lists, and we challenge the Tories to point out a single individual who voted on the last occasion differently from what he did on the former. It is asserted that the appropriation principle is already de feated ; but if so, what will be the consequence ? Evi dently the abolition of tithes. in fact, it is doubtful if even the appropriation clause would save to the Church Establishment the revenues it has so perse cutingly exacted, and so profligately misapplied. The result of the opposition to the settlement of the question on the appropriation principle already has been an increase in the proposed reduction on the amount of tithe to be levied as a rent charge, and another year's delay will be amply sufficient to set the question at rest even without legislative interference. In Ireland tithes are dying - a natural death, and the only chance of resuscitating them would be the speedy adoption of such a measure as that at present before the House of Commons. The Tories exclaim against the appropriation principle as dangerous to the exist ence of the Church ; but it needs no argument to prove that the principle of reduction which they have.them selves adopted and admitted in the measure proposed by Sir R. Peel, furnishes a precedent of a far more destructive character. If reduction be carried to suf ficient extent, there will be no need to quarrel about appropriation. The exultation of the Tories on the present occasion is merely the hectic excitement which in certain maladies precedes dissolution. As a party they are already defunct, though the smile remains on the cheek while the core is in a state of putrefaction. Their worst enemies could not wish them to pursue any other course than that which they have adopted. The Ministry may die its death either by its own hand, or by an assassin blow from the Tories ; but the people die not, and in their nostrils is the breath of reform. A worse accident could scarcely happen to the Tories than that of their being compelled, under present circumstances, to accept office. Every thing that they have said they would be compelled to unsay ; and, as in the case of the Reform Bill, they would either be obliged to swallow the appropriatien clause, or to vacate the offices which, contrary to the spirit of the nation, they had in their vain gloriousness usurped. To the Ministry wo a re attached—to the cause of Reform still mote; l and with these impres sions on our mind, we say, without hesitation, perish the Ministry, flourish a Tory Administration, and flourish also tinder their regime a greater Reform— even a Reform of the House of Peers—than Whigs or Radicals ever dreamed of! Thank God, the Torie s would do anything to obtain or keep office.— Morning Adterliser. The cross and revolting atrocity of the " General Order" issued by Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Evans continues to be the subject of universal comment, and but one opinion seems to be entertained of this sanguinary and disgraceful proclamation. Not withstanding the assertion. so coolly expressed by 0 , Lord Palmerston on Tuesday night, in reply to Sir Robert Peel, that it is a genuine document, there are some persons who still doubt whether a Member of the British Senate, a man holdi ng a commission in his M a j esty ' s serv i ce , could have aT.xed his signature to such e arl extraordinary and monstrous proclamation. It is certainly extremely difficult to bring the mind to the belief that any act Pf cruelty and tyranny on the part of an Eng lishman could exceed in atrocity the course of cruelty pursued during the civil war in Spain. , We waded, therefore, last night with much anxiety through the columns of the Courier and Globe, with the hope of finding some denial of the authen ticity of this iniquitous " General Order ;" but the silence of our Contemporaries leaves now little room - to doubt that this arbitrary and cold-blooded act, which covers the whole British Legion 'With dis !2race and dishonour, has been really resotted 't'ó by Evans, under the desperate eircnrnstaße - 4 b which he was lined by the daily ti'esettion of his officers and men. We tre not V, all surprised that the Officers of the Legion in this country should endeavour to re move the stigma from their Commander-in Chief, by contending that the blame ought to be thrown nev.l ti Lord Palmerston, as it is front t!!•:•. 't the Po- I reign Secretary that the tnetWVaila have naturally derived the notion tl tireat Britain was co-operat ing with the Christinos to destroy the Carlists, and that, in point of fact, we arc at war with Charles V., the rightful Monarch of Spain. The anomalous state of affairs produced by Lord Palinerston's poliry has naturally excited some curious spectilittio as to our actual relations with the colttending parties for the Sfianish Throne. Colonel Evans perfectly understands the Foreign Secretary, and, having received at 441 opportune moment most im portant assistance from our naval forces, he knows that, although no official notification has. been given of the. fact, we are waging war with , the Car •lists. The Membe r f or Westminster is well aware that the extraordinary body of marines sent. out, on inland duty was intended . -- as an effective military aid. If, therefore, the Commander of the Legioli should put into operation his savage decree, and a British subject be murdered—for wilful murder it is agreed upon all hands the crime would be considered —the question would arise, how far Lor4 Palmerston is an accessory before the fact ; and we question very much whether his Lordship's plea of Colonel Evans being an officer in the Spanish service, and come-- quently not responsible to him for his actions, might avail him, as it would be diffienit to find any twelve men who would not arrive at the conclusion that the war carried on against the Carlists was illegal. The mean, contemptil - iie, underhanded policy of Lord Pal . merston has, therefore, originated this execrable pro : clamatin, which has ca ll e d forth the voice of public indic;nation. Colonel .Evans would never have dared tb issue such an " Order" had he not felt that the Bri tish Government had used actual intervention to serve the cause of Donna Isabella. This is no excuse for the enormity of his offence ; but in what light can the conduct .of Lord Palmerston be regarded, who affects to say that he is not responsible, as a Minister of the Crown, for the deeds of an expedi tion which he fostered and encouraged, and with 'which British naval forces have been acting, and are now acting, in concert? The question cannot be allowed to rest where it is. The barbarous and inhuman character of the civil war in Spain had totally changed during the late Administration. The wisdom and humanity of the Duke of WellinEton prompted the Eliot convention—the folly and recklessness of Lord Palmerston originated the Durango decree. Such are the differences between Conservatism and Liberalism, and their consequences are manifest. The Cabrera cruelties are excelled in atrocity by Evans's' proclama tion, but' the former were perpetrated under the pro vocation of filial feeling, whilst the.latter, if allowed to be carried into effect,. will have no palliative but the inducement of mercenary motives. The law, how ever, is strong, and if British blood be shed, the tor-. tuous policy of an imbecile Government will not be sufficient to impede a just retribution.—Morn. Post. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY. APPEALS.-THE BISHOP OF MEATH V. THE MARQUIS OF WINCHESTER. The 'Judges attended and delivered their opinions in this case, which had been argued during the last session of Par liament. Their Lordships' opinion, as delivered by Lord Chief Justice Tindal, on behalf of himself and his brethren, was in favour of affirming the judgment of the Court below. The Earl of DEVON moved that the judgment be post poned till he could communicate the opinion of the Judges to Lord Brougham, before whom the case was ar gued. The judgment of the House would be given within the present session. Judgment postponed accordingly. CHANCERY COURT-WEDNESDAY BRAMWELL V. HALCOMB. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction granted by the Vice-Chancellor to restrain the defendant, Mr. Halcomb, from continuing the sale of a work on the sub ject of passing private Bills through the Houses of Par liament, because it contained a number of passages al leged to be pirated from a practical treatise on the manner of passing Bills through the House of Commons, published in 1809 by the plaintiff', Mr. Bramwell. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL argued in support of the ap plication to discharge the injunction. The LOUD CHANCELLOR observed that injunctions were merely preparatory steps to the decision of the rights of the parties at law, but in the present case there were no directions with respect to a trial of those rights, nor no means by which they could be ascertained. Mr. STUART, for the plaintiff, and in support of the in junction, undertook to show that a clear act of piracy had been committed in thirty-two different passages of the plain tiff's book. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to read these passages, when His LORDSHIP rose, at two o'clock, intimating his in, tention to hear the further argument to-morrow. VICE-CHANCERY COURT. ROBINSON V. WADDELOW. In this cause it appeared a testator, after giving some pecuniary legacies, settled by his will 10,0001. a piece upon his two daughters and their children, the daughters' life interest to be independent of their husbands to whom they were or might afterwards be married. And he then added these words—" All the rest and residue of my effects to be equally divided between my said daughters and their husbands and families." The object of the bill was to ob tain the opinion of the Court upon the effects of this resi duary clause. Mr. KNIGHT appeared for one of the daughters, and contended the words were but an awkward and circum locutory manner of expressing that the testator's daughters should have the residue between them, which of course he expected they would apply for the benefit of their families. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the other daughter, sup ported the same position. Mr. DUCKWORTH, on behalf of the children of one of the daughters, insisted the parties took as tenants in com mon in equal portions. Mr. SUTTON SHARPE suggested, on behalf of the chil dren of the other daughter, that the intention of the tes tator would be best complied %%ith by giving a life interest to the daughters and the capital to their children. 111.1 CRAIG appeared for the executors, who stiumitted the question to the Court. His HoNouß held that he ought to reject the words " their husbands and families," as being utterly vague and indefinite, and that the daughters were entitled to the general residue absolutely. EQUITY EXCHEQUER. LOVELL V. HICKS AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff, F. B. Lovell, against the defendant R. Hicks, 0. H. Smith, W. Todd, and -- Watson, praying that a contract which had been entered into between the parties on the 3d of March, 1832, might be rescinded and set aside, op the ground of misrepresenta tion and fraud ; that the instrument might be delivered up to be cancelled ; and the defendants directed to reimburse and refund to plaintiff a sum of 3,0001. with.interest, and be restrained by the injunction of the Court from pro ceeding at law for the recovery of the balance of 2,0001., in the said agreement mentioned. The material facts of the case will be sufficiently understood from the judgment, which was this day decided by Mr. Baron ALDERSON—The whole question resolved itself into this, 'namely, whether the plaintiff had, in point of fact, made out such a case of misrepresentation and fraud as entitled him, after an acquiescence upon his part for some time, to come to a Court of Equity to set aside the contract, and obtain relief ; and if so, against whom and to what extent should it be granted? ThJ ' principles which ought to govern the decision in this case has been very clearly laid down by Lord Lyndhurst, C. 8., in his able judgment 'in Small v. Attwood. On the whole, he thought the plaintiff entitled to the re lief prayed for. As to the other defendants; they were not affected either directly or indirectly by the fraud. They only received their proportions of the money that bad been received. The defendant Smith had no interest at all. He was a mere nominal party, and had received no part of the money ; but, with respect to the defendant Hicks, the evidence was by no means such as to render it unlikely that the fraud had been contemplated by him. The pro= per relief, therefore, to give would be to order the agree ment to be cancelled ; that the defendants might be enjoined from proSecuting any actions against the plaintiff ; that the master do inquire how much of. the 3,0001. had been respectively received by Hicks, Todd, and Watson, and that each of these parties be decreed to repay what each of them had respectively received ; that as against the defen dant Smith the bill be dismissed with costs, and a decree TILE DON ; TiauttsDAY, gi !MY 7, 1836 A &,1w t_p '0: .0;144 4fth .'costsagainst. the other three ‘l.3llAdants.—Decrced accordingly. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN THE MATTER OF FRANCIS . I.O,I3I I ,TAPPF, 1:1INATIC. An applicationw k if , uy James Ni vfrlvi, tvq 'ale insolvent, confined in the King's prison, for his d:scharge from custody. In these unfortunate cases no schedules are required. The applica tion is font-I:Ica on a petition, setting forth the detainer, :mtl a certificate from a Magistrate as to his insanity,which question cannot be mooted on thc! Several of .the erediLort. WtTo and said there was no dtatiht4 t. b Intitniqkll the itnfr.lft..ltial..! dian. ill r. ContiVliAl‘ivFi• WeA satisfied, and the dis elutroo 11:A0h - 0a was granted. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. ! Mile clayworth,. a middle-aged woman, was indicted for stealing a child under ten years of age. The ease has been frequently before the public. . In defence, the woman alleged that she was so much intnXicatd at the time as not to know what she was about. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. . COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, com mented upon the absence in the breast of the prisoner of that leclinfr which adorned the fair sex. He observed that this had been a very premeditated and heinous offence. - She was transported for seven years. SURREY SESSIONS-WEDNESDAY, Eliznbeth Brown, a young female of prepossessing ap-' pearance, the daughter of a hop-grower, in Kent, was in dicted for stealing two china images, representing a grand father and grandmother, the property of Henry Kidney, a policeman of the L division. The trial of the prisoner excited a considerable degree of interest, owing to the respectability of her family, and the circumstances attending the case. Mr. CHAMBERS defended the prisoner. After the evidence for the prosecution bad been heard, several respectable parties came forward to speak on the behalf of the prisoner, and amongst them her sister, a mar ried lady, who, in the course of her statement, said that her unfortunate relative came out of the country to visit her, and remained there a few days, and that she took her leave, with the intention of returning home to the neighbourhood of Maidstone : that all her London friends had no idea but that she was gone home, until she (the sister) received the astounding intelligence that she was in custody on a charge of felony. The witness added, that on subsequent inquiry she ascertained that her sister, instead of going into Kent, took a lodging in the neigh bourhood of West-square, and conveyed her clothes and other property there from the coach-office, but that what her object could have been for such an extraordinary pro ceeding none of the family could divine. She had every comfort at home, and wanted for nothing. The Jury consulted for a short time, and returned a ver dict of Acquittal, and The CHAIRMAN having directed the prisoner's sister to be called into Court, desired her to lie delivered up to her charge. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Gio Bakista Tra Bocco, an Italian, was brought from the station-house, in the custody of Sergeant Russell, No. 12 N division, charged with having violently assaulted James Catton, a plaisterer, residing at 28, George strect, Pentonville, by which his life is in danger. Mr. ROGERS said he would remand the prisoner for a few days until the fate of Catton was known, and he ordered Daniels to produce another certificate from the surgeon by the next examination. Mary Frost was charged by a police-constable with being drunk and disorderly. The constable stated that he found the prisoner drtink, and creating a disturbance, when he took her into custody. Mr. ROGERS—Is she known? Officer—Oh yes, Sir, her husband is present. The husband, a jolly John Bull-looking fellow, here came forward, and said, " I know her to my sorrow—she is a common beast, and always at these ere tricks." Prisoner—You villain, you know you are always a beat ing me. Husband (wiping the perspiration from his brows) — Well, you know the reason ; you richly desarve it.—(A laugh.) I can get no good on her, she is always drunk, and going out, and when I forgives her, she is always the same.—(lncreased laughter.) Mr. ROGERS—Lock her up. (She was then locked up, vowing vengeance against her husband.) A young countryman was then charged with interfering with the constable, and endeavouring to rescue her. Mr. ROGERS—WeII, what have you to say ? Prisoner— Whoy, I be only three days in Lunnun, and I thought it no harm to take the part of sister. Husband—He is my wife's brother, and I don't blame him, because she got him intwit.—(Laughter.) Mr. ROGERS advised him not to interfere with consta bles in future ; and ordered him to pay a shilling for his discharge. Prisoner (looking sheepishly at his brother-in-law)—l na got a shilling. Husband—l'll pay a shilling for him. He paid the money. In quitting the Office the hinband brought in a pot of porter, and good-humouredly said to Waddington, the gaoler, " I say, George, give the ould woman a drop. I dare say she is thirsty after her spree ; I don't like to see her want, bad as she is." And he swore that he would not forgive her this time, unless she promised faithfully not to get drunk any more ; as she was the best wife in Lon don, if it wasn't for gin. ,'ItICES OF CANALS, DOLL STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPAIES, &c. &c. 14QNDON; ttrESDA.Y; JULY 5. Nliiiiabc..r Di if, ice N i enT , .hare. 4. Al, ilin. . . . 1,160 61 pei cent. Ashton and (Wham-. /..*::::•ahe 97t. ISa. sh. 11)2 1,'102 (W. Ashlir de_l. - .•Zotich Average 1131. sh. t , 5 1,2"0 Ittsitt , stoke .. lll4l/. sh. f , l 0,5 :,/. ilrecknoce.m.l Altergavenny • 150 .sh It' 4,000p1 FN. 10s. Biraiiremiti, 1.16 th share 4,n1., Ditto :y..1 Liverpool Junct.... It V/. sh. all p,l 1.101 6,si , 400 (.I cll:4lthit• anti IllickA•Ata •• 590 4./.. I,7llVeilliV •- ' • "-'• " - , •• 'llllt. sh. 7:3 4,5 , 6 •• •• i'lek., , ,iti o. " " •••• . k , t • i'itg6 3 . 11 2'i Ilia 0 1 1 . 3 ),• 2,011 , 4 3, Ins. 1/..kinP,' •:7%;' .:.' . ! •• '' ' " -"" 1 ~,ttl ili. it.; ttiin 61. 110 ii i ,.• - i i!....il .. - 19.4 ...,I1.2100!0111 1•44 21,0 , .9 .. Danube and Mayne 11/. 13s. id. 15/. pd 11 3,57"3: Elk:mu:re and Chester Average 133/. sh. N.) *231 4.1 . Ereivash 1,297 2 , 4 F9rth •totl Clyde .4... A% crage 114.:33,,, m,. 59" /0()'' 12/, 11ratill J tiny" - I 2,'491 (Irand Union III)/ sh. 25 1 521 Ciratal Surrey MI. sh. 10,0 0.. 1/. per cent. DI , 0 (optional) Loan 3,401 00.1114 We tern ' 111 1. sh all. pd I 9 ti 0 1:31. l 2s. SM. (ilain-tgailolli-e, Average Colt 172/. 13a, 4,1, 230 I,! 60 14Imicester and Ilerkley ' tint ,11, 141 '749 the. Grautham -15111. .h. 202 3,234 Jl. IN Huilder , lit ld Average 57/. 13. Oct sh. 94 39)) Keesingt-11 • 10. 'II all pd. II) 5,3'38 I/. Kennet And Avon, Average 391.85. Ind. sh. 20 2, , .17.1 204 Leeds-and Liverpool • ' lite/. oh. 510 515 12/. : Leicester llO/. sh. 149 907 4/. Leicester and Northamp 0n... Aver &I/. ,ns. ,78 2,4.'0 111. Itanniittilisltire WO/. sh. 200 258 91. :Milton Mowbray 100/ sh. 20n 50 . 1 25 / . Mersey and Irwell lon/. sh. 55 1 3,000 Macclesfield. lout. sh all pd. 54 247 . 15/. Neath.., [Ohl. sh. • 325 1,786 iI2I. Oxford. 100/. sh. 584 I 21. °Allan) PIO/. sh. 98 Peak Forest. 2,400 4/. Average about 781. sh. 104 31,418 Ils. :Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. Ins. ed. sh. :si s, l i'i9 51. per cent. floe!Wale Average SU. sh. 113 500 SI. Shropshire P.:5/. sh. 110 800 10/. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160 5,6004 111 per cent Ditto I ock Fond Stock l2/. 10e. sh. llf • 700 16/. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 690 • 500 111. Shrewslm; y ' ' 1•:57 sh. '215 300 S/ Stourbritlge -1.:. sh. 263 3 , 6_ 1 i ii. life. StratfOTCllll-AV ,, ll...AVel'age 7W. 9s. txl. sh. 421 5.1.3 1 31 . Swansea 100/.sh. 215 . 3,702 it. Severn and Wye and Railway ...A v 351. sh. 171 460 1 sr, 82/. 10s. Trent ant Mersey, 1 share lON. sh. 59:5 8,149 ......... Thames an 1 Medway...Aver. 191. ss. &I. sh. 2 1,0005 h./ Di Warwick atd Birmingham lod/. sh 276 1,090/sh. 9.50 Ws. Warwick end Napton lOOl. sh. 215 6,000 31. ids Worcester am! Birmingham...A v. 7q. 8r: sh $1 5,(100 2.'s. Wilts and Berks ~ Average 07/. 10s. Sd. sli. 181 800 0/. Worley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 ••• Wi'sbeach lO5/ sh. 45 905 11. — Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,6 00 & 13p. C. Commerci a l • .100/. sh. 57 Lo6s;sh ' 198,6671/. 4 per cent. East India . Stock 107 1,234,3101/. 50s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds .. 4 380,0001. 51. per ct. West India 2.20.) 3/. 6s. 4(1. Bristol Average 1471. lt!s. sh. P 5 65,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1.352,751 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1)3 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds icr 10 years lO2l Shoreham llatbour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Piet - "W. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES.* 1,6'0 11. Hammersm ti. 5Ol. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark, t,d Av. C3l. 2s. Bd. sh. 41 1,700 1/. 158. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. .... ...... 50/. sh. 14 moo ........, Waterloo 5,000 1/. 25. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. OOl. pd 18 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 15 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bows 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 ASsURANCE COMPAN:ES. 2,000 Si 10s Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 78 50,000 1 . 5 I : i r d T' . t 'l Alliance, Bet tiAt & Foreign 1001. sh. 10/. pd 12* 50,090 6 per cent. Ditto, Maritie l O O/. sh. 5/. pd 5 1 24,0(X) i / per sh. Atlas 1,200151). 4/. Birmingham k ire 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 45 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 51. Pd et 5,000 51. {ter cent. Clerical, Melt ...31,&c. Life, ICOI. sh. 12/10s pd 3 1 4,000 21 :Os County 100/. sh. 104 pd 42 10,000 _ ss. _ Eagle o- cent 1 - 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 375 200 f a s , p ,: r 3 iii;_i Economic the 2,271 si/. per cent. European 1,1. • 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 1/. 12 s ,000,000/. 7/. per ct. Globe Stock 160 20,000 11 . Guardian 1001. sh. 20/. pd 36 ~,,,, Fire 5 p et.) s Hope 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 tO, ,, A' Life S p ct. 2,400 5/. 7s. fid. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Idle 1001. sh. 101. pd 10 13,458 108.6d.'per oh. Indemnity Misrine 1 1 0/. sh. N. pd 17 2,030 31 10s Kem t Fire 31 . Ditto Life 79 10, r00 Ms. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 273, :3,900 ......... London, Hr.! 0 51• sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 1 000 ... ..... Lonrica Ship 25/. sh. 1:?/. 10s. pd 15 30,0.)0 51. per cent. Palladium Ltte 50/. sh. 21. pd 217 s 6d .250,001 la. 6d. Protector Fite • 20/. sh. 21. pd Illfh Od 2,50 0 1/. Provident Lite lOO4 sh. 10/, pd 193 100, 000 s s. Rock Life 0 04 sh. 21. pd 61 659,220. 5/. percent. Royal Exch..tige Stork... 202 2 Sun lO 6,000 5 per cent. University t 'te lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United King lom Life 2/. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 ......... Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10f. pd 14 5,000 ......... Australwia lO/. sh. 401. pd 56 10, 000 10 percent. Bank of Bil mingham s fl. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14 18,000 2 percent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 151. pd 243 3,000 . ........ Lancaster.....• 100/. sh. 2 0 1. pd 30 25,1010 6 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 22 30,04 73 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 10/ pd 2 4 Discount 20,000 6 percent. Manchester 100/. fib. 25/ pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial 11.01 k of 1 reland 100/. sh. '251. pd 461 20, 10 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5l. sh. 121/. pd 153 10,000 National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd 2S !9,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/.0. 71/. pd 15 0,000 GAS uGter ANU COKE COMPANIES. 500 1112 s Bath .20/. sh. Isl. pd 25 5,000 6/. per cent British 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 21} 5/.percet.l Ditto Provincial 5,- Land Ils. ss. j 20/ sh. 10 pd 24 814 51 lOs Birmingham 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 1,500 .... ..... Brighton 201. sh. 14} 750 Ditto, New 201.:h. 18/. pd 11; 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 31. Continental Cansolidated lOO7. 511/. pd 03 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 185 1, 0 00 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 601. pd 115 4, 0 0 0 41. 10s. Equitable 401. pd 31 Io,roo 51. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 43i 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 25/. sh. '2O/. pd l9i 2,350 61. per cent. independent 3O/. sh. all pd 48 1,500 7i per cent. Leeds "01 sh. 20/. pd 25 9,000 3/ per cent. Phoenix .. 5Ol. sh. 39/. pd 221 1,000 41. per cent. Ratclitl* - 100!. sh. 60/. pd 65 4,000 South Metropolitan 5"/. sh. 13/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 45/. - pd 37 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 8/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 21i 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,001 12 Ditto, New 541. sh. 10/. pd 10 B€o Yarmouth. 20/. sh. 181. pd 9 3fARVEZ - 170 c Nt FORTUNE-FINDING: • . The Stamford Mercury says," The questidh ifit t,ght f k ii heir of the very extensive funded and landed proilt i4 y Of famil i y has, within these few years, been more Mo.reh, 1833, a paragraph appeared in the me,-,::41 ; a youth of the name of Worrall, who was in a *4 - krk.:.ito't'l office, whilst examining.some wills at Doctors' Comnidtlst ett: served his. own family name connected with large bequestB of property, whidi Pi:if-terra , had been - traced, to the pos session of an attorney at Spalding, itifte #in . ce deceased ; and that the heir to that property bad been foiiiid in the per ,loo tip rl 4•Mitb, carpenter, in the parish of Cohterwoffli l ltho had a f i atnily eipt odio lrid daughters. From that tittle this supposed heir has . occaS'li;Hdllt: )ffien prosecuting his claim in such a way as his very limited peeLlitithl resources enabled him, and of course with small effect. At leivot the great question is in a fair train for final settlement. About three weeks ago, Sir Edm. Falconbridge, of Islington, becoming acquainted with the strong probability that the poor carpenter was the heir to a vast property, the worthy Knight, in conjunction with his uncle, Baron Stein hauczer, took the affair in hand ; and so impressed is he with the justice of his prot6go's claim, 'that he is deter mined no effort, however costly, shall be spared to establish his title. The property, it is believed, consists of about 140,0001. in unclaimed dividends, and between three and jbui millions sterling in landed estates, situate at Wished), Lent , 'Sutton, Melton Mowbray, Freeby, and in the county of Norfolk. The claimant, James Worrall, now in his 84th year, is the only son of Mr. \Vm. Freeby Worrall, a Jamaica planter. - Mr. Freeby Worrall formerly resided at Frechy, near Melton Mowbray, where he was married, and where his son, the present claimant, was born and baptised ; who his wife was is not at present ascertained, because 16 ' pages in one, and two pages and a- half in another, have been abstracted from the parish. register There is reason to believe that Mr. Freeby Worrall and hiS wife disagreed and were separated ; andthat during his wife's life, he mar ried a woman of light reputation in London. • His wife (the mother of the claimant) threatened an indictment for bigamy ; to avoid which Mr. Worrall embarked for Ja maica, where he accumulated the great bulk of his wealth. Previously to his quitting England, there is reason to be lieve that.he entrusted the guardianship of his son and the management of his property to his eldest brother, Mr. George Worrall, solicitor, of Spalding. This occurred when the present claimant, whose education and breeding appear to have been wholly neglected by his guardian, was quite a child. A few years afterwards, Mr. Freeby Wor rall seems to have returned to England, but, with the threat of an indictment for bigamy still suspended over him, his visit was necessarily a short one. He contrived, however, to have an interview with his son, which the poor old carpenter describes. " [He states that his father found him playing marbles in the street (he being 10 years old), acknowledged him as his son, ordered him new clothes; and told him he was to be treated as a gentleman, and established or entered him at Melton High School ; but his uncle sent him as errand boy to a barber, and he was afterwards apprenticed to a carpenter." " William Freeby Worrall was : . the third son ; but his eldest brother George had been largely accom modated with money by him, and the deeds discovered in the chest of a late eminent solicitor at Holbeach will prove, we are told, the existence 'of such heavy mort gages as will substantially entitle William's heir-in-law to the possession of nearly the whole even of the hereditary estates. About four or five years. ago, an application was made on behalf of the present claimant respecting the deeds, connected with the Worrall estates, but the solici tor's reply was, he had taken an 'oath that they should never be parted with during his life-time.' His death has now removed the impediment to the course of justice, and the discovery of the deeds is calculated materially to assist in unravelling the mystery. It is not the least singular part of this family history, that Sir Edmund states that he has ascertained the legal representative of Mr. George Worrall, solicitor of Spalding, to whom of. course the here ditary estates of this once opulent family would belong, to be at this time a woman of light reputation, and steeped to the lips in poverty,' residing at. Norwich. Her claims, in conjunction with those of the Woolsthorpe branch of the family, Sir Edmund, has also undertaken to investi gate." CORONER'S INQUEST. THE H ARROW SCHOLARS.—RACING FROM COLLEGE. —Last evening an inquisition was taken at St. George's Hospital, before Mr. HIGGS, on view of the body of Sa muel Gower, aged 37, who met with an accident on the 22d of March, while bringing some young gentlemen in a Post-chaise from Harrow school. The inquiry lasted some hours, as it was reported that the accident arose in conse quence of a wager having been laid upon the point of which should be the first chaise to reach the Red Lion at West bourne Green. Police constable W. Harris, T 121, resided a few doors from the Red Lion, Westbourne-green. About four o'clock in the afternoon of the 22d of March, he was standing at his door, and saw six postchaises as close to each other as possible, coming from the direction of Harrow, and gal lopping as if each was trying to get first to the Red Lion. The deceased was on a horse of the first chaise ; when,- in trying to approach the Red Lion, which is on the near s id e of the road coming to town, he drove against a timber car riage, and by the force of the concussion he was thrown. from his seat, and the chaise was flung over. A doctor in stantly arrived by direction of the young gentlemen in the chaise, who found that the deceased had received a severe compound fracture of the left leg. By his advice he was placed in one of the chaises, and sent to this hospital. By the Jury—The chaises were going at the rate of fifteen miles an hour. There is a tree near the Red Lion, which is a mark that the scholars at Harrow wager upon— the, wager being who should reach the place first. There was a number of young gentlemen in the chaises. 'The CORONER. at the request of the Jury, read over the names of some of the young gentlemen who were in the post-chaise,—among whom were Lord Newport, the Hon. G. Bridgewood, Sir T. Monerieff, Mr. W. Bonham, Mr. G. Ommanney, &c. 'The Jury recorded a verdict of " Accidental Death." RAGS FROM THE LEVANT.—The following nas just been issued front the Custom-House :—" By a Council letter, dated June 15, 1836, the proper officers, are to pre vent rags of any description on board of vessels coming from the Levant, from being landed at any port in the United King dom, until further notice." FACTORY ACT.—The Inspectors appoiuterl under the Factory Act have issued an official notice, of which the following is a copy—" As all the clauses of the Factories' Regulation Act are now in full operation, the Inspectors of Facto ries deem it expedient, in order to remove any doubt as to the employment of children subject to restricted hours of labour, to issue the following notice r-Ist. No child, under nine years of age, can be employed in any cotton, flax, 'or wool factory.—Section 7. 2d. No child, between nine and thir teen years of age, can be, employed, or even allowed to re main, in such factory, without the certificate of a physician or surgeon, countersigned by a Magistrate or an Inspector of Factories, certifying in the form set fo:th in the thirteenth section, the strength and appearance of such child. —Sections 11, 12, and 13. 3d. No child, between nine and thirteen years of age, can be employed in such factory, without producing weekly a schoolmaster's certificate, that the " child h as , for two hours at least for six out of seven days of the week next preceding, attended his school, excepting in cases of sickness, to be certified in such a manner as such in spector may appoint, and in case of any holiday, and in case of absence by any other cause allowed by such inspector, or by any justice of the peace in the absence of the inspector. Section 21. 4th. No child, between nine and thirteen years of age, can be employed, or even allowed to remain, in such factory longer than forty-eight hours in any one week, and not more than nine hours in any one day.-Sections 8 and 24. sth. No. child under thirteen .years of age can be em ployed in any silk mill more than ten hours in any one day. The above and all other provisions of the Factories' Regulation Act, together with all orders and regulations issued by the in spectors in their several districts under the authority of this AO, must be strictly observed in the mills and factories subject to the said Act." WATER WORKS: 4,800 Birmingham — 25/. sh. 25/. pd 26 4,433 51. East London lOO/. sh. 136 4,500 21 10s or iid JUlletioll ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 53 ' 2 000 , 21. Kent lOO/. sh. 46 3861 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 310 1,500 21 108 Now 'Byer Loudon Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,186 11. 51:,achester and Salford lOOl. sh. 52 1,000 1 per cent. 3,uth Lon.lon lOOl. sh. 84 5,:300 34 West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. Pd. sh. 82.1 1,360 11 14s Yott Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35; IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 ..... .... Aylesbury 2Ol. sh. 1/ pd. 21 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction I Bristol and Exeter ' 44 060 Bolton and l.eigh .100/. sh -i, a . 100 !0,000 Calcutta and Saugur 50/ sh. 21. pd. 1 2,000 Clarence lOO/ sh. 100/. pd 43 2.500 19s. Forest of Dean .50/. pd 28 no,ona ' Grand Junction 1001. sh. 401. p 1 Ifl 30.,CJ1 Great Western lOOl. sh. 201. pd 44 2,000 Hartlepool 1004 sh. 100/. pd 100 2,100 ...... ... Hull and selby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd a 2,100 ...... ... Leeds and Selby 1,300 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh all pd 48 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool. sh. 100/. psi 261) Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 70 1441. Loughborough 10,000 London and Brighton lOll. sh. 5/ pd 34 45, , 00 Ditto ditto (Gibbs' ...9.01 sh. I/ pd (14 Ditto ditto (Rennie) 12,000 London and Blackwall 531 sh :(1 pd 34 Londo . and Dover 501. sh. 11. pd e' 30,000 London anti Gravesend 2O/ sh 1/ pd n 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sic tyv. I A 254 23,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 001. lid 132 20, , 00 London and Southampton )0/. sh. 111. p , l 25; London and Croydon 51. pd 54 20,000 Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 31. pd 24 12,500 North Midland lOOl. sh. 51. pd 10 2,000 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 3/. pd 10 1;1 . 10 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 240 8,000 6,000 York and North Midland ......501. sh. U. pd 34 MINES. 8,000 ...... ... Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31. pd 04 4000 A lten 15/. sh. 111. 10s pd 114 10.000 ... ..... Angle Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh, all pd 51 Ditto Subscription 051. pd 54 2,000 BM ,nos . l5O/. sh all pd 1424 10,000 31.:.5. Brazilian Imp. iss. St pm. 35/. sh. 20/ pd 211 0,0 0 Macaubas Si Cocaes United....2s/. sh 221. pd 131 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 84/. pd 54 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 11 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip fil. pd 8 1.0,01 , 1 IL 10s. British Iron .... 501. sh. 5 0 / pd 374 8,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 34/. pd 54 11,000 Cata Branca "41. pct ti Candonga 10,000 Copiapo pt.... 201. sh 124/ pd 20 8,500 Coliimbian, iss. Si. pm. 2,450 3/. . English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 101 , /. sh 5141. pd 2 2,000 Pulberou Consols 10/. sh 84 pd 8 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2O Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pin ....401. sh. all lid 34 Ditto Scrip lll , Ditto Subscription 2l. lid Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 4 5,(00 Union Gold, iss. 21. ss. pin.... 2241. sh. 44/. pct West Cork • 50/. sh. 50/. pit 354 LITERARY .INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronzy Ticket 75gs. sh. 2PI ) 500 London University 101'1. sh. all pd 241 700 Russell , 9 5gs. sh. 8 King' College 1001. pd .30 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agrlcultural....lool. sh. 2fl /. pd 401 1,030 11. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 19 6,000 British American Land Company l3/. pd 11 10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 20/ pd 371 200,000 5/ per cent. Upper Canada Loan . ..... 4 pm . City Bonds, 4 per cent Uri 15,000 I/. percent. fleneral Steam Navigation ...13/. sh. 131. pd 27 lUI. per cent. !Wilson's Bay Stock 2,000 - 11. London Corn. Sale Raoms Av. 75/. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 28/ pd 25 2,754 5/. per c-nt. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. sh. 1001. pd 132 2,033 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1901. sh. 451. pd 77 r,iion Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pd S 10,000 Van Di,•rner.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 131 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JUNE 22. 1836. BANKS. 1,500,0014 6/. p. ct. Ban'; of Scotland 83/. Gs 841. sh. all pd 2041, 2,000,0117. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 170/. 500.0 Xl. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. 411 pd 240/. 3,000,011. N. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 185/. 5, 0 00,.X10/. 5 p. et. National lOOl. sh. 104 pd - 1511. 2,00. , ,0'W'/. 4/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2504 sh. 50! 1.41 - 6.:/. 4,90001.0/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland '2OOl. sh 30/. pd .371. INSURANCE COMPANIES. _ • 25(.0005h ei p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 11. pd 96s ,500 bp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 131 10s. Inc,ooo ,5 p. ct. insurance Co. of Scotland ....10!. sh. all pd 71 I ss. 50,000 6p. et. North British .2(XI/. sh. 101. lxi ISI L 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 15/ lOs 5,000 tp. ct. Edinburgh life 100!. sh. 10/. pd 14110 s 100,000 . d West pt Scotland MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edi .._. n. sod Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 2:.1. Ditto Allocated .. 9 6/. sh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb."Joird Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 3S/1 Carron Iron Company l5Ol. sh. all pd 4501. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founciery 501. sh. 3'/. pd 35/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 16/. pd jl. 4,:`,00 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 9 51. sh. all pd 6 1. 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 601. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 37/. 1,200 5 per cent Edinburgh sod Dalkeith Railway-50/.61i. 601. 3,000 5/ per cent Equitable Loan Company 251. sh. 91. pd 101. THE LATE MR. BEARDS WO4TH. The late celebrated John Beardsworth, of Birmingham, commenced the world as a driver (not an owner) of a hackney coach. A story, and a true one, is told of him, to the effect that on one occasion there being a grand ball in the town, Beardsworth had to drive an heiress to it. The lady was young and beautiful, and Jack, was smitten ! He went home, dressed, paid for admission to the ball, danced a great part of the night with his fair (fare!) and gallantly handed her out to the coach, mounted the box, and drove her to her home ! He managed to run away with her soon after, and her money was the foundation of his future fortune. Beardsworth became proprietor of the largest Repository in the British empire for the sale of horses and carriages. His house (built on the lame ground with the Repository) was all.that money could make it ; it was indeed a curiosity. The hall was lined with splendid mirrors—the carpets were of the richest Turkey —every chair was of a different pattprn, and each as sump tuous as imagination could conceive. The chimney-pieces were exquisite, and the tables of the richest and rarest woods—one centre table cost 1,500/., and was made of every wood indigenous to America. It was part of his business to keep up a famous stock of wine, for truth to say, what bargains were unfinished in the stable or the repository were finished with spirit over a bottle of wine in the dining-room. He used to say that his wine sold off all his hack horses and craziest carriages ; and the best of the joke was, that people who had filled themselves at his table with the fat of the land, and the best vintages of France, Spain, and Italy, would scarcely admit, even to them selves, that " honest Jack Beardsworth " had taken them in. When Beardsworth's racer, Birmingham, won the Doncaster St. Leger, he could not have been worth less than 2.50,000/. It soon melted away on the turf. The whole story of the race is curious. The famous Jack Mytton, of Halstead, lost a great part of his estate by dealings with Beardsworth ; and from 1826 to 1830, all Beardsworth's racers were entered in Mytton's name. One of these was Filho da. Puta, the sire of the sickly colt which was foaled at Beardsworth's. Orders were given to kill the colt—it was so weakly ; but Mrs. Beardsworth having seen it, said—" No ; give it to me—l shall try and nurse it." Accordingly it was given to her, and she had it carefully fed on bread and milk, &c., until it became quite strong and , handsome. Lord Grosvenor saw the colt at a year old, and offered to buy it. Beardsworth said, " No, Mary owns Birmingham, and she intends running him for the St. Leger." " And if he runs," said Lord Grosvenor, "he certainly will win." The animal be came so tame that he used to follow Mrs. Beardsworth all round the dining-room table, and allowed the children to play with him. In fact, the future winner of the St. Leger was as much domesticated as a dog or a kitten. Birming ham was duly entered for the Doncaster St. Leger, and as duly were attempts made to come at the blind side of Co nolly, the jockey who was to ride him. Conolly informed Beardswprth of the offers made to him, and, acting under his advice, carefully pocketed every bribe. Conolly made extensive promises to all parties that Birming ham should lose. A man named Gregg took care that the horse should not be meddled with. To such an ex tent (lid this caution go, that the water for the horse was actually fetched from a distance of ten miles. Gregg lay in the stable, cheek by jowl with the horse, for ten days before the race. When the day came on, it rained. cats and dogs, and Birmingham won by strength. Beards worth had freely taken 40 to 1, and cleared 40,0001. by the race. He presented Conolly, the rider, with 1,5001. His daughter and wife gave 5001., so that the rider got 2,0001. by his 'honesty. He was induced by his success to keep a racing stud of his own. He lost an immensity of money by it. Beardsworth was much attached- to his wife. He always called her his " right hand man." She kept all the accounts, made all money payments, and was, in fact, complete major-domo of his immense establishment. No man in England was better acquainted with the racing calendar ! She died about two years since, and her death was the worst thing, next to his own, that could have happened to Beardsworth. All his concerns were at sixes and sevens after her death. Beardsworth farmed the post;bcirse duties for the mid land counties of England ; and his wife, knowing the toll receivers arid the innkeepers cheated them, took a tour to every station, dressed as an officer in the army, discovered a thousand instances of fraud, and thus added, at least, 10,0001. to the income of her husband. Beardsworth married one of his daughters, in 1830, to a cavalry officer, whose father was a wealthy sugar-baker in Liverpool. His epistle to that worthy was laconic, but much to the point. It runs thus :—" Sir,—Your son loves my eldest daughter, and she loves him. They are determined to marry. You sell sugar, and I sell horses. lam content to put down shilling for shilling, pound for pound, hundred for hundred, and thousand for thousand with you, to make a provision for the young couple. Yours, JOHN BEARDSWORTH." The sugar-baker refused his consent, so the match took place without. The newly married couple drove from church in a splendid carriage, with four bloods, a present from Mr. Beardsworth. In the pocket of the carriage was loosely thro wn a d ra ft f rom B ear d swo rth on his bankr for 50,000/. This was his ofd hand way of doing things. At Beardworth's death he owed Government a balance of 35,0001., and an execution was levied on the property ; but it paid 20s. in the pound and over ; so that, after all, there was some provision made for his familY, but not much.—Fa,.mer's Magazine. NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioner's of his Majesty's Treasury Iraeinit c'ertified to the Commissioners' for the Reduction of Ntrticintrl Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10 George IV., , e, 1 17 ; obi':' F ; ihrd the actual Surplus Revenue of the United Kingdom Of fire'at Critain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure therecof i for the year ended the sth day of . April, 1836, amounted ifo the sum of 1,376,3061. 125., Tha Commissioners (or • the Reduction of the National Debt lweby give notice, that the sum of 344,076/. 13s. (being oneAturth part of the said surplqs of 1,376,3061. 125.) will be applied, under the provisi,:ris of the said Act, be ' tween the 7th day of July, 1833, and the 10th day of oc tobers• 1835, to the following purposes—iz. : To he opplied to the purchase of,Stock 40,834 17 7 Ditto, to the purchase of Exchequer Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act 6 IV., e. 2, 340,834 17 7 Add Interest reer)Yable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied the purchase of Stock ..... •.r 3,241 15 5 £344,076 13 0 S. HIG HAM, Cuntroller-Gruerat National Debt Office, July 1, 1836. COLONEL PRISON. From the Tasmanian we N e.xtraet the following picture of the earthly hell to which Mr. Robert Bryan was ordered to be sent, for being unfortunate enough to be charged by felons—by outlaws whose evidence would not be taken in any other country than this—with stealing cattle. We hope and trust, for the credit of the free community, that 607 may soon cease to be made the " materials for prison discipline," and that Colonel Arthur's system may be abo lished. It is horrifying to contemplate the oppression and torture which an honest man may be subjected to in this colony if he happen to be obnoxious even to the felons ; for so long as their evidence is received and credited in our Courts of Justice, it will be no difficult matter to make up a case against him, upon which he is mire to be con victed ; then he is consigned to the earthly hell our Con temporary so ably describes : " This abode of horrors is a peninsula of several miles area, the isthmus closed against escape, not only by sol diers, but by the more ferocious dogs, chained at such 'in tervals asunder that passage between them is impossible. The miserable wretch upon his arrival is put immediately, without reference to his habits of life, or his condition, to labour of the severest kind—cutting down logs, rolling them to the water, and frequently through the water. He has no change of habit, therefore lie cannot get rid of his wet clothing but by the absorption of bodily heat. His food is of the coarsest description. Salted meat:—fre quently the refuse of the store. The quantity only suf ficient to sustain the vital spark—to support it in health it must be unequal. The week's rations often is con sumed in three days, if it is, as is frequently, the case, issued altogether. During the remainder, starvation must be endured. The smalles particle of food; beyond the ration of the coarest bread and salted meat; is expressly forbidden ! Should he have friends disposed to . send him ever so small portion of that simple diluant, tea—he is not permitted to receive it. Sugar is equally proscribed. And as to vegetables, to even think of them, if discovered, would be a crime ! Abundant as is every description 9f fish upon the very shores of this Gomorrah, (for, while upwards of one thousand men are there engaged, woman is not permitted to approach the unholy place), the poor wretch to whom a taste of fresh fond would be health, renovating beyond expression, is forbidden, on pain of the bloody lash, to tottch one, even if it was cast ashore at his feet. Indeed," a gang" of twelve recently employed in removing kelp from the shore to the land, for some government purpose, finding a crayfish ' amongst the kelp and eagerly devouring it, were all punished, and with their overseer put into irons. It having been habitual with many of the miserable men, sent to this terrible place to use tobacco, the deprivation of it is particularly attended to. If a morsel is found upon any one, the lash is the certain consequence. Even a broken pipe, if it can be traced, flogging is the assured fate ! The consequence of this sys tem of limited food, of such a quality, accompanied with the severest labour which the lash can extract, is emacia tion to a dreadful extent. In one of the gangs, the sawyers, this result of suffering is particularly conspicuous. They have a certain quantity of labour to perform. If it is not done, flogging and solitary confinement in a cell, on bread and water, is the punishment—thus still more ema ciating the emaciated wretch, until life is hardly within him ! It is useless harrowing the heart of the reader fur ther ! It is only necessary to add, that it is a constant expression of one of the inferior but power-possessing mi nisters of this hell without hope—" You convict'.-I'll have you flogged ?" And this threat, when uttered, is half-per- . I `, formed, for the flesh cutting process assuredly follows! Can it be believed that such a system as this exists amongst Christians !—Van Dienzen's Land Paper. VERULAM PHILOSOPHICAL SO- CIETY OF LONDON, JUNE 29. The President and Director, H. W. Dewhurst, Esq., F.E.S.L., &c., in the Chair. A paper on the Scolopendra Electrica, from William Rogerson, Esq., of Greenwich, was read by the Secretary- It was stated by the author that many species of the Sco lopendrce were indigenous to this country, some of them residing among stones and rubbish, others in decayed trees, &c. They all possess a great number of legs, and, accord ing to Litinmus, come under the order of apherous in sects, being destitute of wings. The Scolopendra Electrieci is the most delicate species of this genus. It is about an inch and a half long, and not more than onkwentieth of an inch broad. Its body is of a bright red colour, very thin and transparent ; the head is small, and furnished with two antennae. This insect is very quick in its motions ;it can easily coil up its body, or turn itself in any direction. But that which particularly distinguishes this little creature is the light . Ohich it emits in the dark. This differs from that of the Lampyris Noctiluca, or Glow-woim, which is more brilliant, and in general confined to one part of the body ; but the Scolopendra gives a faint light, appearing like-a luminous fluid dispersed all over the surface of its body, leaving a number of shining particles after it, on the ground, as it creeps along. These insects are to be met with during the autumn in most places, as the , bottom of walls or hedges, on garden-walks, footpaths , Sze. Mr. Ro gerson has seen them shining in the neighbourhood of Greenwich during cloudy warm nights, in October and No vember. On the sth of June, 1836, he met ivith one shin ing in Lee-lane, near Blackheath, and has often seen theirs at New-cross, on the road-side. It requires great care to take them, their bodies being of so delicate a structure. Through the kindness of Dr. Hancock, Vice=President, and his son, the Assistant-Secretary, specimens in a preserved state, with coloured drawings of this insect, were exhibited. A. Blyth, Esq., of Chatham, was elected an Honorary Associate ; and ---- Minett, Esq., an Associate. Vhe Secretary then read the first of a series of papers on the phenomenon of insects, frogs, toads, &e., found in the substance of trees, blocks of marble, &c., from Alfred Booth, Esq. The President then read his second paper on Geology, comprising a series of remarks on the importance of study ing. the collateral science in conjunction with that developing the structure of the earth. Professor Dewhurst then delivered his lecture on the nature of lunar and solar eclipses, illustrating his observa- - tions by a series of diagrams and drawings. The thanks of the Society were voted to the President, and to Messrs. 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